Barry Wishner

"The greatest challenge
to any great leader is asking the tough questions in a
way that will allow a remarkable solution."

Barry Wishner

"You hit a home run with
the audience and helped set an upbeat tone for the remainder
of the two day meeting. The homework you did on our company
before the meeting instantly brought the audience into
your world and personalized your message to everyone in
the room."

CEO Amerita

"You shared lots of good
ideas but it is your focus on communication by asking
questions and articulating our plans that hit home with
me. I really understand that asking questions of customers
and staff is the tool that will help us with lasting connections."

CEO Blanton Do it
Best Building Supply

Interactive Keynote Presentations...

As we move faster from one unpredictable state to
another, we realize that no business strategy or formula
lasts forever. Problems are so complex today that
leaders have to collect expertise and opinions from
their direct reports and people on the front line before
they can make sound decisions. No leader can do it all
on his own, they are not expected to, but they're expected
to ask compelling questions and act on the answers.

The most important questions the world's smartest
leaders ask to inspire and motivate their teams to
capitalize on new opportunities before they become
obvious.

Why asking the right questions about the future
is more important than having the right answer about
the past.

Why innovation and profitability often begin with
asking one simple question at a time.

Why leadership is not about having all the right
answers; it's about asking the right questions.

Why a questioning attitude is everybody's responsibility
to stay relevant in a world of flux.

Barry's fast paced, high content program mobilizes
your executive team to get off autopilot, avoid DITWLY
(Did It That Way Last
Year), and Psychosclerosis "Hardening
of the Imagination," and focused on questioning
all assumptions. Your leaders will leave with the courage
to discuss the undiscussable and challenged to ask innovative
questions that enable them to see things before others
do.

Leadership Blind
Spots...
Self Deception? Fantasy? Illusion?

What will you and your business look like in 2020?
Leaders today are traveling in uncharted territory for
which no map exists. The secret to navigating your future
is to think of it in the form of questions with no limits
and no boundaries. Questioning is the starting point
to overcoming blind spots and looking at existing reality
as a "naive outsider" with a fresh pair of
eyes.

Great questions change the direction of how we think...

What do we intend to be?

What is the one problem we have that we don't have
the guts to face?

What are the dumbest, stupidest things that we
are currently doing that are a waste of time and money?

What's the most important question you want answered?

Barry will provide your leadership team with straight
talk from America's Top Business Leaders on...

How to become an observer of what works, what doesn't
and why.

How to use question storming to identify your top
blind spots.

How to change your mindset from being stuck to
finding possibilities and solutions.

How to implement a "What's Getting In The
Way Program."

His program is guaranteed to build a culture which
challenges biases, rejects limitations and finds the
thrill in venturing into the unknown. The advantage
goes to those who see things that others don’t see.

"When you talked about
‘dumping old thinking’ and ‘daring to be different’ it
was easy to see you have taken it to heart and is part
of who you are."

Chiasson Consultants

"Your unique insights
enabled you to bring to the group an interesting and timely
cross industry perspective of what the best leaders are
doing to thrive in these 'extraordinary' times."

Tehachapi Healthcare
District

DONE!... Stop Talking,
Stop Waiting, Start Doing

Planning the strategy is easy  making it happen
is the tough part! No matter how brilliant the strategy,
the saying of the words is no substitute for the doing of
the deeds. The rules of business have changed and you have
to change your game plan and do it fast. Learn how gutsy leaders
fill the gap between what they know and what they do in their
organization by asking the hard questions and acting on the
answers...

What would it look like if you did it?

What will it take to implement your new strategy?

What were you doing when you were successful?

Talk Is Cheap... Getting It Done Is Priceless! You
can't talk your way to the finish line. Planning strategy
is easy, but it's the execution that is the lifeblood of any
organization. Unfortunately 95% of people in business say
the right thing, and only 5% take action. 71% of CEOs fail
due to their inability to make a decision and act on it. 66%
of plans are never implemented. Remember it's about the
work you get done, not the work you do.

Barry will share how today's leaders push the boundaries and
move their teams from the "talking zone" to the
"doing zone" to improve performance and productivity.
He will take you into the minds of successful CEOs and reveal
the questions they use to create a culture of doers who Think
and Act... Bigger, Better, Bolder to make things happen.

Why Yesterday’s Leadership...
Is Soo Yesterday!

Only 30% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. The
cost of disengaged employees in lost productivity is $370
Billion per year in the US.

Today's younger workforce will challenge traditional sources
of authority, experience, and judgement with alternative information,
perspectives and solutions from the internet. Just because
your leadership style worked for you in the past does not
guarantee it will work for you in the future.

The leader of the future will become a Chief Questioning Officer;
naive, humble and willing to let go of the notion that leaders
have all of the answers. Tomorrow's successful leaders will
be those who think ahead of the curve and ask the right questions,
of the right people, at the right time  questions that
jumpstart future growth.

What's new, what matters and what's next in leadership.

Making bold decisions and changing strategy at lightening
speed.

Creating a culture of "explorers" who
question everything.

Implementing innovative strategies to break down the
barriers that impede success.

Maximizing R.O.Q., Return On Questions.

Using the power of curiosity to ask thought provoking
questions, apply new ways of thinking about problems that
can't be solved in conventional ways and seize huge opportunities
before they become obvious.

Your audience will leave with a Blueprint: "What
Works In  A New Era Of Leadership"How 21st Century Leaders engage, inspire and motivate their
people to be the best in a global market place.